REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 2001 =================================================================== Sources: Bulgarian National Assembly website, Bulgarian Socialist Party website Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------- * BSP - Balgarska Sotsialisticheska Partija (Bulgarian Socialist Party) * BZG - Blokat na Zhorzh Ganchev (Blok of George Ganchev) * DA - Demokraticen Alians (Democratic Alliance) * GPB - Grazdanska Partija za Balgarija (Citizen's Party of Bulgaria) * SB - Sajuz Balgarija (Union of Bulgaria) * SDS - Sajuz na Demokratichnite Sili (Union of Demcratic Forces) FIRST ROUND: 11 NOVEMBER 2001 =================================================================== 6,825,979 voters, 2,850,291 (41.8%) voted ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Beron SB 31,390 01.1 Bogomil Bonev GPB 546,713 19.3 Zhorzh Ganchev BZG 95,471 03.4 Renata Indzhova DA 139,676 04.9 Georgi Parvanov BSP 1,052,548 36.4 Petar Stoyanov 991,606 34.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 12,887 (00.4%) invalid 2,837,404 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Stoyanov, the incumbent president, ran as a non-party candidate. He was elected in 1996 as the candidate of the SDS. SECOND ROUND: 18 NOVEMBER 2001 =================================================================== 6,826,446 voters, 3,766,265 (55.2%) voted ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgi PARVANOV BSP 2,039,311 54.1 Petar Stoyanov 1,726,954 45.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,726,265 -------------------------------------------------------------------